The most unpretentious cars of 2014

How can you define such a thing as “unpretentiousness of a car”? An unpretentious car is a car that has the following qualities:

reliability - even after several years of operation, the owners do not face serious breakdowns;
availability of service - spare parts and consumables will not be too expensive;
economy - the car consumes a reasonable amount of fuel.

Well, plus to all this, the car itself should be comfortable, relatively inexpensive, not require huge cash costs for maintenance, faithfully serve its owner in any conditions.

If you read all these characteristics, then the most unpretentious can be called those cars that really work at the maximum of their capabilities, and do not break down every few thousand kilometers.

In one of the authoritative publications on automotive topics, they analyzed which cars are most often used as taxis. People who have worked in taxis know that there are a number of requirements for cars here, and not every car can be taxied.

So, among taxi drivers The following brands enjoy the greatest honor in Russia and neighboring countries:

Daewoo Lanos, aka Chevrolet Lanos, aka ZAZ Chance - it is this modification that is most often used as a traction horse;
Daewoo Nexia is a budget sedan with good performance for the city and has a large margin of safety.

These two leaders in terms of reliability and ease of maintenance are followed by the following models:

Chevrolet Lacetti and Chevrolet Aveo;
Škoda Octavia;
Nissan Almera;
Peugeot 307 and 206;
Mercedes E-class;
Toyota and Honda.

The most unpretentious cars of 2014

Interestingly, these statistics almost completely coincide with the statistics in European countries. So in Germany among the taxis most of all are Mercedes E-class, in Spain Skoda Octavia and Nissan Almera drive with chips, in Italy - Fiat Multipla, Peugeot 306 and Citroen Picasso.

The popularity of these models among taxi drivers is very simple to explain: these are relatively cheap cars that can travel 500 or more kilometers a day and do not require serious repairs for a long time.

A slightly different principle approached the ranking of unpretentious cars in Germany. The experts talked with the owners of used cars, and also analyzed the number of calls to service stations for various models. According to their findings, the rating of unpretentious cars 2013-2014 looks like this:

Audi A4 - the owners of cars of this family were the least likely to contact the service station;
Mercedes-Benz C-class;
Volvo S80 / V70.

To obtain such data, experts analyzed 15 million calls at service stations in 2011-2013.

The most unpretentious cars of 2014

According to the results of all the same Germans, it was possible to determine the most unpretentious in different classes:

Audi A1 - compact old;
middle class - BMW 3-series;
business class - Mercedes E-class;
Ford Focus was the best in the B-class;
The BMW Z4 and X1 scored the highest among sports cars and crossovers;
minivans - Ford C-Max.

Toyota Yaris and Toyota Prius were recognized as the most unpretentious cars with mileage from 50 to 150 thousand kilometers.

Owners of domestically produced cars will also be interested to know that, according to polls of Russians, for many years in a row, the leaders in terms of unpretentiousness are the products of the VAZ - VAZ-2105 and VAZ-2107. Such results are very easy to explain - after all, the most common models in Russia and probably the CIS.

However, recent test drives have shattered the myths about the exclusivity of domestic cars. So, one of the well-known Russian auto resources tested two budget SUVs that are popular with us - Renault Duster and Chevrolet Niva. After simulating driving for 100 thousand km in various conditions - off-road, cobblestones, paving stones - it turned out:

Renault Duster - the suspension was tested with dignity, there are significant, but not critical problems in the engine;
Chevrolet Niva - the fifth gear jammed, 10 shock absorbers leaked, rust in the engine.

And for example, the Chevrolet Aveo, assembled in Kaliningrad, could not even go 18 thousand km - the gear teeth fell, the shock absorbers flowed, the stabilizer nuts simply loosened.

The most unpretentious cars of 2014